End cap with child resistant opening tab and method therefor
AssigneeRam Solutions, LLC
InventorsRicky Allen MOUNT, Richard L. WISE, Ancil Louis LACKEY
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Abstract
An assembly including an end cap having a score line defining a flap, wherein the score line is configured to be torn along its length to enable the flap to pivot about a hinge area. The assembly includes a tab having a first rivet opening and a second rivet opening, wherein at least part of the tab is spaced away from the flap. The assembly further includes a first rivet extending through the first rivet opening and coupling the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap, and a second rivet extending through the second rivet opening and coupling the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap.
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An assembly comprising:
- an end cap having a score line defining a flap, wherein the score line is configured to be torn along its length to enable the flap to pivot about a hinge area;
- a tab having a first rivet opening and a second rivet opening, wherein at least part of the tab is spaced away from the flap;
- a first rivet extending through the first rivet opening and coupling the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap;
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- a second rivet extending through the second rivet opening and coupling the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap.
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An assembly comprising:
- an end cap;
- a score line positioned in the end cap and defining a flap, wherein the score line is configured to be torn along its length to enable the flap to pivot about a hinge area, wherein the score line is in a shape of a generally, but not entirely, closed loop;
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- a tab coupled to the end cap by a first rivet and a second rivet at locations spaced away from the flap.
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A method for making an assembly comprising:
- accessing an end cap having a score line therein and defining a flap, wherein the score line is configured to be torn along its length to enable the flap to pivot about a hinge area;
- accessing a tab having a first rivet opening and a second rivet opening;
- passing a first rivet through the first rivet opening to thereby couple the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap;
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- passing a second rivet through the second rivet opening to thereby couple the tab to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap.
An assembly comprising:
- an end cap;
- a score line positioned in the end cap and defining a flap, wherein the score line is configured to be torn along its length to enable the flap to pivot about a hinge area, the score line having a pair of spaced-apart ends defining a landed area therebetween;
- a first rivet coupled to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap, the first rivet being configured to be received through a first rivet opening of a tab;
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- a second rivet coupled to the end cap at a location spaced away from the flap, the second rivet being configured to be received through a second rivet opening of the tab.
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A system including a tab, the tab including:
- a generally oval tab body having a front portion and a back portion, the tab body being made of a piece of relatively thin, sheet-like material, the front portion including a front opening formed therein with a peninsula positioned therein;
- a first rivet positioned in the peninsula, wherein the first rivet opening is configured to receive a first rivet therethrough to couple the tab to an end cap at a center thereof;
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- a second rivet positioned on an opposite side of the peninsula along a length of the tab, wherein the second rivet opening is configured to receive a second rivet therethrough to couple the tab to the end cap, wherein the second rivet opening is positioned between the first rivet opening and a back tip of the tab along a length of the tab, wherein the second rivet opening has a closed outer perimeter that extends 360 degrees, and wherein portions of the tab at least ninety degrees around the second rivet opening are directly coupled to an outer edge of the tab in a radial direction, with no openings therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.